tautly
adverb
uk/ˈtɔːt.li/us/ˈtɑːt.li/tautlyadverb(TIGHTLY)
in a way that istightorcompletelystretched:
绷紧地,紧凑地Carefully, but tautly,tiethenettingto thetwine.小心拉紧渔网,把它系到绳子上。
He hadsuperbfacialbonesover whichdarkcopperyskinwasstretchedtautly.他脸型奇伟,面部紧绷着深铜色皮肤。
Tight and tightening
- astringency
- chokehold
- close-fitting
- fast
- inelasticity
- retighten
- skinny
- stiffen
- strain
- super-tight
- tauten
- tautness
- tensely
- tight
- tighten
- tightensomethingup
- tightly
- tightness
- up
- vice-like
tautlyadverb(EXCITEDLY/NERVOUSLY)
in anexcitedornervousway:
Katherinesattautly at theedgeof herchair.
Thebookis morechillingand tautlyedgythat themovie.
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- ablaze
- aflame
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutteridiom
- amped
- animated
- entranced
- evangelical
- evangelistic
- excited
- excitedly
- fevered
- go ahead
- heartily
- make (all) the right, correct, etc. noisesidiom
- mood
- nuts
- omnivorous
- on the edge ofyourseatidiom
tautlyadverb(WRITING/SPEECH)
(of writing orspeech) in a way that iscontrolled,clear, andshort:
(文章、讲话)简洁地,明快地"That'sridiculous," she said tautly.“这太荒谬了”,她简短地说道。
Down River isevenmore tautly written.《背水一战》写得更为紧凑。
Not saying much
- a few well-chosen wordsidiom
- abruptly
- abruptness
- briefly
- cat
- concisely
- conciseness
- crisp
- laconic
- monosyllabic
- monosyllabically
- not say booidiom
- pithily
- pithy
- quietly
- quietness
- reticence
- reticent
- reticently
- taciturn
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